Study on the Ecological Footprint and Capacity of Baoding

By employing the ecological footprint model and data of Baoding in 2007,the ecological capacity and utilization for ecological resources of Baoding in 2007 were calculated.The sustainable development similarities and differences of each county in Baoding were also analyzed by using clustering method.①Before three-year-tremendous-changes,the deficit is 0.541 0 hm2 per capita and the ecological footprint came up to 0.91 hm2 per ten thousand Yuan GDP.②It's appeared that the ecological environment of Baoding was in high load conditions,that the utilization efficiency of resource was rather low,and that the environment was in a weak unsustainable situation.③The result of clustering analysis showed that the counties of Baoding can be divided into five categories and the sustainability is quite different among them.④Among the five categories,the ecological deficit of the first area is lower than 0.5;the second area is approximately equal to 1;the third area is about equal to 3;the fourth area is from 3 to 5;and the last area is higher than 5.